Contact the University

• Feedback and general contact details
• Undergraduate applications
• Graduate applications
• Press enquiries
• How to find the University
• Computing enquiries and reporting problems
• Detailed list of contacts
• University of Cambridge examinations
• English language courses
• Subjects you can't study here
• Publications from Cambridge University Press

Feedback and general contact details

Please send comments, corrections and/or suggestions to coreweb@admin.cam.ac.uk. We will do our best to forward more general comments and questions to other parts of the University, but it will be quicker if you contact them direct.

A number of useful contact addresses and phone numbers are listed on this page. If you cannot find the telephone number you require, the phone number of the University switchboard is (01223) 337733.

Full lists of all Departments and Colleges are available. Email addresses for staff and students can be found in the email directory.

Undergraduate applications

Information about undergraduate courses and admissions is available online. Email queries about undergraduate admissions or courses should go either to the college concerned or to admissions@cam.ac.uk

Graduate applications

Information about admissions to graduate courses and research degrees is available online. Email queries about graduate admissions should go either to the college concerned or to graduate.admissions@admin.cam.ac.uk

Press enquiries

Contact details for the media are listed on the Communications pages.

How to find the University

The Colleges and all parts of the University are spread over a large area of the city and surrounding area. The University has an indexed map, which is available online and can also be purchased on paper from the Press Bookshop, 1 Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1SZ (bookshop@cambridge.org).
Links to the main sites are as follows:

• New Museums Site
• Downing Site
• Silver Street/Mill Lane Site
• Old Addenbrooke's Site
• Sidgwick Site
• Madingley Rise Site
• West Cambridge Site

Computing enquiries and reporting problems

University Information Services (UIS) has web pages at http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/. Enquiries to webmaster@uis.cam.ac.uk. Questions and support about Computing facilities to service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk.

To report computer security problems originating from within cam.ac.uk see the information http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/security-reporting. Information about Cambridge Computer Emergency Response Team is at http://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/cert and there is a form for Cambridge users to report incidents.

• The UIS Service Desk: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk, phone 01223 (7)62999, or in person at Information Services Reception at the Roger Needham Building (West Cambridge Site) for all questions about services run by UIS. Users of Departmental or College Managed Clusters should usually start by consulting their own local support staff.
• Telephone Help Desk: helpdesk@phone.cam.ac.uk
• CamCors: help@camcors.cam.ac.uk
• CamSIS: camsishelp@admin.cam.ac.uk (see also http://www.camsis.cam.ac.uk/cam-only/helpdesk/)
• CamTools: camtoolshelp@admin.cam.ac.uk
• CHRIS: chrishelpdesk@admin.cam.ac.uk
• CSRS (formerly CamGrad): csrs.help@admin.cam.ac.uk
• CUFS (University Financial System): UFS_enquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk
• UAS (the Administrative Computing Network): service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
• Moodle: moodlehelp@admin.cam.ac.uk
• Raven access to electronic library services: lib-raven@lists.cam.ac.uk
• University Card: univcard@uis.cam.ac.uk
• University map: service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk
• Clinical School Computing Service (CSCS): cscs-helpdesk@medschl.cam.ac.uk, phone 01223 (3)36261, fax 01223 (3)3183

Detailed contact information & list of contacts

The central address for University business is:
The Old Schools,
Trinity Lane,
Cambridge CB2 1TN
UK

A full list of all Departments and Colleges are available. Email addresses for staff and students can be found in the email directory.

Below is a list of some of the most commonly requested telephone numbers in the University. Prefix the number with the STD code 01223 (+44 1223 from outside the UK) unless another code is given. There is also a more detailed list of contacts in the administrative offices for those that have a more accurate contact requirement.

University of Cambridge examinations

• Information about international examinations (O, AS, A level and IGCSE) is available from Cambridge International Examinations - email queries to info@cie.org.uk.
• Information about English language examinations (such as CELTA, TKT, ICELT, DELTA) is also available - contact the support helpdesk with queries.
• Information about OCR examinations - email general.qualifications@ocr.org.uk

English language courses

The University does not run any general English language courses. The Language Centre of the University of Cambridge does offer English for Academic Purposes Pre-sessional and In-sessional programmes for incoming post-graduate students from abroad. For more information, please visit the Language Centre's website: http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/eap/eap.php

Subjects you can't study here

Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is not available as a single course, although the individual subjects are (see http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses). There are a number of popular subjects that are not studied in the University at undergraduate level. The most commonly requested are accountancy, business management, nursing, dentistry, theatre studies or drama, pharmacy, physiotherapy, optometry and midwifery. Please go to the UCAS website to find Universities where you can pursue them. 

Publications from Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press has its own web site at http://www.cambridge.org/. Enquiries to information@cambridge.org